Best movies on Prime Video (Australie) : our Top 20

2015 ·

An intense, true-story thriller centered on Dr. Bennet Omalu, an immigrant forensic neuropathologist whose pioneering identification of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a professional football player forces him to confront powerful interests. Driven by a moral urgency to reveal the medical truth, Omalu’s quest for justice puts his career, reputation and safety on the line as he clashes with an institution determined to protect itself at any cost.

With Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard and Mike O'Malley

2015 · George Miller

On the planet’s outer edge, a bleached, merciless desert has reduced civilization to fragments, with desperate people driven to violence as they claw for scant food, water and shelter. In the midst of this ruin, two fugitives—rebels on the run—race across sand and smashed settlements, carrying a fragile hope: to rally the scattered survivors and challenge the brutal forces that keep the world fractured.

With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

2024 · Michael Gracey

Trace Robbie Williams's ascent from childhood to his early breakthrough as the youngest member of the chart-topping boy band Take That, and onward to a record-smashing solo career. Along the way he faces the intense pressures, personal costs and emotional fallout that often accompany dizzying success.

With Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Raechelle Banno, Damon Herriman, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman and Kate Mulvany

2023 · Kitty Green

Two backpackers find themselves stranded in a tiny, remote Australian town when their travel funds dry up and they accept short-term work at the Royal Hotel to get by. What seems like a pragmatic arrangement soon sours as the prevailing attitudes and behavior of the local men escalate, eroding the women’s sense of safety and autonomy. Cut off by isolation and fading options, they become enmeshed in a tense, increasingly volatile situation that spirals beyond their control.

With Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving, Daniel Henshall, Ursula Yovich, Toby Wallace and James Frecheville

2024 · Lee Tamahori

A former soldier who has become a lay preacher, Munro travels to New Zealand intending to minister to the fledgling British colonists, but he is persuaded by the influential chief Maianui to abandon that path and commit himself to a very different cause.

With Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Lawrence Makoare and Dean O'Gorman

2017 · Ben Howling

Ill and reluctant, a seasoned barrister is pulled back into court to defend a man accused of killing a celebrated socialite, and the case rapidly becomes the most extraordinary and tumultuous murder trial of his career.

With Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade and Natasha Wanganeen

2001 · Baz Luhrmann

On the brink of the 20th century, a notorious, opulent Parisian nightclub pulses with raucous glamor and artistic fervor. A young poet, swept into its intoxicating orbit, sparks a fervent romance with the club’s most celebrated and beguiling star.

With Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald and Jacek Koman

2024 · George Miller

Kidnapped as a child from the Green Place of Many Mothers, Furiosa is swept into the ranks of a massive motorcycle clan led by the ruthless warlord Dementus. As they tear across the ravaged landscape, they encounter a fortified stronghold ruled by the iron-fisted Immortan Joe, and the two tyrants erupt into a brutal struggle for supremacy. Caught between their brutality, Furiosa must endure harrowing trials and gather the means—strength, allies and resolve—to try to find her way back home.

With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones and Quaden Bayles

2024 · George Miller

Snatched from the verdant refuge called the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa is thrust into the ranks of a fierce biker horde led by the ruthless warlord Dementus. As they scour the wasteland, their path collides with the Citadel ruled by Immortan Joe, and the two tyrants erupt into a savage struggle for power. Caught between rival despots, Furiosa endures brutal trials, forges dangerous alliances, and scrambles to gather the means to return to the only home she remembers.

With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones and Quaden Bayles

2024 · George Miller

Taken from the lush refuge known as the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa is seized by a massive biker legion under the command of the brutal warlord Dementus. Their violent journey across the wasteland brings them into conflict with the fortified citadel ruled by Immortan Joe, triggering a savage contest for supremacy. Trapped between these two despots, Furiosa must endure grueling trials and marshal whatever strength and allies she can find to claw her way back home.

With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, George Shevtsov, Lachy Hulme and John Howard

1993 · Jane Campion

Sent to New Zealand’s untamed 19th-century frontier by an arranged marriage, Ada and her headstrong daughter confront life far from home; Ada fights a controlling husband while a fierce, forbidden attraction to a rugged frontiersman sparks a tense clash of wills.

With Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker and Ian Mune

2008 · Ari Folman

An Israeli filmmaker speaks with fellow veterans of the 1982 Lebanon invasion, collecting their testimonies to piece together and come to terms with his own memories of serving in that war.

With Ari Folman, Mickey Leon, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel and Zahava Solomon

2024 · Jack Clark

A woman on the verge of marriage joins her fiancé’s bachelor party, but when long-buried grievances and unsettling truths surface, the evening spirals into a brutal, primal confrontation.

With Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Jack Bannister, Clementine Anderson, Alfie Gledhill and Harley Wilson

2016 · Alex Proyas

Two royal brothers in ancient Egypt, once inseparable, find their bond tested when the duties they willingly assume put them at odds, unleashing far-reaching and extraordinary consequences.

With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Gerard Butler, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton and Geoffrey Rush

2009 · Guy Ritchie

A movie-theater projectionist who dreams of being a sleuth uses his limited investigative instincts to prove his innocence after a jealous rival sets him up for the theft of his girlfriend’s father’s heirloom pocket watch.

With Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet and Geraldine James

2025 · Michael Philippou

After their father's death, a brother and sister are placed in the care of a foster mother whose comforting façade slowly cracks, forcing them to confront a chilling secret she has been hiding.

With Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Stephen Phillips and Sally-Anne Upton

2002 · Phillip Noyce

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls, forcibly taken from their families to be trained as domestic servants, break free and embark on a dangerous journey across the Outback.

With Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Ningali Lawford, Myarn Lawford and Deborah Mailman

2011 · Leon Ford

Cecilia inherits a fortune when her violent former partner supposedly takes his own life, but she becomes convinced the death is a setup. As a string of unlikely events spirals into fatal incidents, she fights to expose the truth and prove she’s being pursued by an unseen predator.

With Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Patrick Brammall, Toby Schmitz, Marshall Napier, Heather Mitchell and David Webb

2009 · Christopher Smith

A celebrated supermodel pair accept an invitation aboard an extravagant cruise for the ultra-wealthy, overseen by a dangerously unstable, hard-drinking captain. What begins as a picture-perfect escape collapses into catastrophe, leaving the remaining guests marooned on a deserted island where social masks fall away and a brutal struggle for power and survival takes over.

With Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Emma Lung, Rachael Carpani, Michael Dorman, Joshua McIvor and Henry Nixon

2006 · Peter Cattaneo

Twelve-year-old Brendan must leave the safety of his monastery to recover a luminous crystal needed to finish Brother Aiden’s illuminated manuscript. His journey forces him beyond the abbey walls into an enchanted forest where Viking raiders, a primeval serpent, and other mythical beings test his courage and resolve. Confronting his deepest fears, Brendan must summon bravery and ingenuity to complete the legendary Book of Kells—if he can survive the trials that stand in his way.

With Sapphire Blossom, Christian Byers, Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Robert Morgan, Anna Linarello and Denise Roberts